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ecshafer 30 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The last Romans are still around

In the Legal Fiction they are the descendants of Charlemagne, who was crowned Emperor, and thus were the direct descendants of the Roman Empire.

pm3003 30 days ago [–]

Didn't they elect the Kaiser until 1806?

flohofwoe 30 days ago | [–]

Yeah, but every empire worth its salt needs a good 'garage story' ;) (like the Romans claiming to be descendants of Trojan war refugees)

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